Berkshires man gives up lawyerly lifestyle, becomes island caretaker

A man, his dog, a turkey and a coyote

SPECTACLE ISLAND — Alan J. Rilla, 59, stands on the north drumlin, the highest point in Boston Harbor, and leans in to the unobstructed wind sweeping across the bald mound.
“It’s amazing, the force of nature,” he says, recalling past storms he’s experienced.
One could stand similarly in awe of the forces that brought the former lawyer ...